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Manitoba champ eliminated in national spelling bee
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Ye-Young Won.
Manitoba spelling champion Ye-Young Won has been eliminated in the first round of the national spelling bee in Ottawa.
The Grade 6 student at Ecole J.B. Mitchell School incorrectly spelled the word 'cantata', spelling it 'contata'.
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She was the third student to be eliminated from the field of 22, while 10 students spelled their word correctly before Ye-Young took her turn.
By winning the Winnipeg Free Press Regional Spelling Bee last month, Ye-Young qualified not only for the Canwest Canspell National Spelling Bee in Ottawa today and Friday, but also gets a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., next month.
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Posted by: vernon
April 16, 2009 at 11:11 AM
it all depends who pronounce the word its a shame because it is an easy word.